We rate WisdomTree Intl Div Ex-Financial Fd at D+. Negative factors that influence this rating include a well below average total return. The fund invests approximately 100% of its assets in stocks and may be considered for investors seeking a Non-US Equity strategy.

POSITIVES AND RISKS

Total return ranks well below peers over the last three years. The WisdomTree Intl Div Ex-Financial Fd has returned an annual rate of 1.98% since inception. More recently, the fund has generated a total return of 2.72% in the last five years, -2.98% in the last three years, and -2.84% in the last year. How does that compare to other equity funds? In the last five years, it has outperformed 32% of them. It has also outpaced 22% of its competitors on a three year basis and 19% of them over the last year for the period ending 10/31/2016. On a year to date basis, DOO has returned 2.25%.

Downside risk has been below average. DOO has a draw down risk of -29.54%, which is the largest price decline experienced over the last three years. This fund has a three year standard deviation of 12.2%. This fund has had moderate volatility in its monthly performance over the last 36 months. As of 10/31/2016, the fund was trading at a price of $37.65, which is 3.5% below its 52-week high of $39.02 and 0.8% above its 52-week low of $37.34.

Low expense ratio helps performance. On total assets of $393.40 million, DOO maintains a low expense ratio compared to its Non-US Equity peers of just 0.58% to cover all operating costs. Brokerage costs for the fund to buy and sell shares are not included in the expense ratio. As DOO is an exchange traded fund, it has no front end or back end load.

The WisdomTree Intl Div Ex-Financial Fd is managed by Karen Q. Wong at WisdomTree Asset Management Inc. This fund is one of 91 WisdomTree Asset Management Inc exchange-traded funds launched since 6/16/2006 that we track.